Hamilton (musical)
Hamilton: An American Musical is a sung-and-rapped-through musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda. It tells the story of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. Miranda said he was inspired to write the musical after reading the 2004 biography Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow. The show draws heavily from hip hop, as well as R&B, pop, soul, and traditional-style show tunes.
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Hamilton: An American Musical is a sung-and-rapped-through musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda. It tells the story of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. Miranda said he was inspired to write the musical after reading the 2004 biography Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow. The show draws heavily from hip hop, as well as R&B, pop, soul, and traditional-style show tunes; and casts non-white actors as the Founding Fathers and other historical figures. Hamilton received critical acclaim. It premiered Off-Broadway on February 17, 2015, at the Public Theater, where its several-month engagement was sold out. It then transferred to the Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway, opening on August 6, 2015. At the 2016 Tony Awards, Hamilton received a record-breaking 16 nominations and won 11 awards, including Best Musical. It received the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The West End production opened at the Victoria Palace Theatre in London in December 2017, winning seven Olivier Awards in 2018. A third U.S. tour began January 11, 2019, with a three-week engagement in Puerto Rico featuring Miranda as the titular character, Hamilton. Hamilton details Hamilton’s life in two acts, along with how various historical characters influenced his life such as Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette; Aaron Burr; John Laurens; Hercules Mulligan; Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton; Angelica. Church; Peggy Schuylers; Philip Hamilton; Maria Reynolds; and former presidents George Washington, James Madison, and Thomas Jefferson. The musical won eight Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Musical.
The Chicago production of Hamilton began preview performances at the CIBC Theatre in September 2016 and opened the following month. The first U. S. national tour began in March 2017, A second U. s. tour opened in February 2018, Hamilton’s third tour of the United States began in February 2019. The play won the 2016 Olivier Award for Best New Musical, and was nominated for seven other Olivier Awards including Best Revival of a Musical and Best Actor in a Musical. In the musical, Hamilton meets up with Lafayette to take out the British, revealing that Mulligan was recruited as a spy, helping them figure out how to win the war. Soon after the victory at Yorktown, King George asks the newborn America how it will succeed on its own. He throws himself into his work and co-authors The Federalist Papers. Hamilton’s son Philip is born, while Burr has a daughter, Theodosia, and the two tell their children how they will do anything to protect them. Hamilton receives word that his long-time friend John Lauren has been killed in a seemingly pointless battle and begs him to stay and protect them amidst begging to stay. Hamilton is elected Secretary of the Treasury by newly elected President George Washington. In 1776, Hamilton accepts a position as George Washington’s aide-de-camp despite longing for field command. He is temporarily suspended by Washington over the duel and is sent home. There, Eliza reveals that she is pregnant with her first child, Philip.
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